Michael Farrell

Tenured teacher

Department of Humanities
Faculty of Interpreting and translation

Contacts

Telephone
+39 02 891412242

Email
[email protected]

Individual tutorial

Timetable

Individual tutorials will be held through Microsoft Teams by appointment to be arranged in advance by e-mail.

Curriculum Vitae

Principal qualification

1985: Bachelor of Science in Theoretical Physics (BSc), University of London, Queen Mary College, London, United Kingdom

Other qualifications

1989: Diploma in Italian, Institute of Linguists, British Council, Milan

1985: Preparatory Certificate for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language of the Royal Society of Arts, International Teacher Training Institute, International House, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom

Other educational activities

From 2013: Course in Computer Tools for Translation and Interpreting at the Bachelor of Science in Linguistic Mediation, Carlo Bo High School for Linguistic Mediators, Milan

Since 1985: Courses in English as a foreign language at various schools in Milan and Mortara (PV)

Other professional activities

Since 2005: Software developer for translators

Since 1996: Web publisher and Web author

Since 1990: Translator and transcreator

Scientific, academic and associative assignments

From 2002 to 2004: Director of the Lombardy Section of the Italian Association of Translators and Interpreters

Main participation in conferences as speaker

2017: Building a custom machine translation engine as part of a postgraduate university course: a case study, Translating and the Computer 39, London, United Kingdom

2017: The conspicuous translator, Mediterranean Editors & Translators Meeting 2017, Brescia

2017: The truth about transcreation, BP17 Translation Conference, Budapest, Hungary

2017: Translators need CVs like fish need bicycles, BP17 Translation Conference, Budapest, Hungary

2016: IntelliWebSearch: a software tool for translators, interpreters, editors and terminologists, Translating Europe Workshop, Free University of Languages and Communication IULM, Milan, Italy

2016: A freelance translator needs a CV like a fish needs a bicycle, Associação Portuguesa de Tradutores e Intérpretes, 1st International Conference, Porto, Portugal

2016: The Web's the limit with IntelliWebSearch (Almost) Unlimited, Wordfast Forward User Conference, Nice, France

2016: Client satisfaction surveys for freelance translators, Vasile Goldiș Western University of Arad, Arad, Romania

2016: The truth about transcreation - A closely guarded secret you really ought to know, Vasile Goldiș Western University of Arad, Arad, Romania

2015: Solving terminology problems more quickly with IntelliWebSearch, American Translators Association, 56th Annual Conference, Miami, USA

2015: Client satisfaction surveys for freelance translators, American Translators Association, 56th Annual Conference, Miami, USA

2015: A freelance translator needs a CV like a fish needs a bicycle, Mediterranean Editors & Translators Meeting 2015, Coimbra, Portugal

2015: The Web's the limit with 'IntelliWebSearch (Almost) Unlimited', TriKonf 2015, Freiburg in Brisgau, Germany

2015: The truth about transcreation - A closely guarded secret you really ought to know, International Association of Professional Translators and Interpreters, Conference 2015, Bordeaux, France

2015: Semi-automating terminology search techniques, BP15 Translation Conference, Zagreb, Croatia

2014: Solving terminology problems more quickly with 'IntelliWebSearch (Almost) Unlimited', Translating and the Computer 36, London, United Kingdom

2014: IntelliWebSearch - faster and simpler Internet research, UNIVERSITAS Austria - Interpreters' and Translators' Association, 60-jähriges Jubiläum, Vienna, Austria

2014: Client satisfaction surveys for freelance translators, Man vs. Machine? XXth FIT World Congress, Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs, Berlin, Germany

2013: Optimal Internet Search Techniques for Translators and IntelliWebSearch, Bologna Children's Book Fair, Bologna

2013: Search engine features and introduction to IntelliWebSearch, University of Bologna, Forlì

2013: How to solve terminology problems more quickly: IntelliWebSearch, Institute of Translation and Interpreting, Conference 2013, Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom

2012: Is it useful for a freelance translator to carry out a customer satisfaction survey?, Mediterranean Editors & Translators Meeting 2012, Venice

2012: How to solve terminology problems more quickly: IntelliWebSearch, Mediterranean Editors & Translators Meeting 2012, Venice

Affiliations

From 2014: Mediterranean Editors and Translators (MET)

Since 1998: Italian Association of Translators and Interpreters (AITI)

Areas of scientific interest

Terminology search on the Internet

Computer aided translation tools

Automatic translation

Technical-scientific translation

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Publications

Traduzioni

Fabio Andreolli, New generation photovoltaics: A Guide to Design and Implementation, Dario Flaccovio Editore Srl, Palermo, 2014

AAVV, The Silver Spoon, Phaidon Press Limited, New York, 2005 (componente del team di traduttori)

Pier Paolo Preti, A Hundred Years on the Sea, Coeclerici SpA, Milano, 2004

Contributi e articoli

IntelliWebSearch: a software tool for translators, interpreters, editors and terminologists, Le professioni del traduttore, Aracne editrice int.le Srl, Ariccia (RM), dicembre 2017, pp. 71–76

Building a Custom Machine Translation Engine as part of a Postgraduate University Course: a Case Study, Translating and the Computer 39: atti. Asling: International Society for Advancement in Language Technology, 16-17 novembre 2017; pp. 35-39

Client Satisfaction Surveys for Freelance Translators, American Translators Association Chronicle, gen/feb 2016; pp. 13-15

Solving Terminology Problems More Quickly with ‘IntelliWebSearch (Almost) Unlimited’, Translating and the Computer 36: atti. Asling: International Society for Advancement in Language Technology, 27-28 novembre 2014; pp. 211-216

Client Satisfaction Surveys for Freelance Translators, Man vs. Machine? XXth FIT World Congress: atti. Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs, 4-6 agosto 2014; Volume II, pp. 856-862

Solving Terminology Problems More Quickly: IntelliWebSearch, Man vs. Machine? XXth FIT World Congress: atti. Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs, 4-6 agosto 2014; Volume I, pp. 314-317

Dispense

A Tinkerer's Guide to Structured Query Language in Déjà Vu X, 2005

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Teaching

COURSES 2022/2023

Degree Course in Interpreting and Communication

It tools for translation and interpreting workshop

Master's Degree Course in Specialised Translation and Conference Interpreting

Information technology for translation

Machine translation and post-editing

Web publishing and website editing skills

COURSES 2021/2022

Degree Course in Interpreting and Communication

It tools for translation and interpreting workshop

Master's Degree in SpecialisedTranslation and Conference Interpreting (Curriculum: Specialist Translation)

Information technology for translation

Machine translation and post-editing

Web publishing and website editing skill

COURSES 2020/2021

Degree Course in Interpreting and Communication

It tools for translation and interpreting workshop

Master's Degree in SpecialisedTranslation and Conference Interpreting (Curriculum: Specialist Translation)

Information technology for translation

Machine translation and post-editing

Web publishing and website editing skills

COURSES 2019/2020